The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-15

DURING a drill of sappers atJasz-Bereny,
the capital OF Zazyga, Hungary, recently
dynamite cartridge exploded prematurely,
killing Uwenty-seven men and inJuring
forty-eight others. OF the killed four were
officers.
A b. DRURY & Co. jewelers., Montreal,
have assigned. Liabilities heavy.
THE party of the Belgian Right will soon
hold a meeting to consider the Personal
Military Service bill The Government an
nouDces that the adoption of the measure
will be made Cabinet question.
A TERRIBLE explosion of naphtha took
place the other day in drug store at Ant
werp. Ten persons were buried beneath
the burning ruins and three were rescued
badly injured.
Nj. NICOLAIEFF, Bulgarian Minister OfW ar,
in a speech to the officers of the army, asked
them to absolutely abstain from mixing in
politics and to give their whole attention to
the army He said he was happy to be able
to declare v2at the training and discipline
of the Bulgarian army was better now than
it had ever been while under the supervis-
ION of Russian instructors.
THE North German GGzette, referring to the
French Foreigners Tax bill, says the mo-
ment seems to have arrived for Germany to
consider whether all the anti-German meas
ures which are being carried out in France
should not, in a fully reciprocal manner, be
enforced in Germany, especially IN Alsace-
Lorraine
IT is said that the Dominion Government
has entrusted to Sir Frederick Middleton
the task of reorganizing the militia of Can
ada, in order to place it upon an efficient
footing. When carried out the scheme will
nearly double the force.
GENERAL LAMOUR, charged with attempt
ing to murder President SalomOn, of Hayti,
has been sentenced to Imprisonment for life
at hard labor.
JAMES G.. BLAINE was entertained at sup
per in London the other evening by Henry
| Irving, the actor. He was to start on a
short tour through Scotland and Ireland.
THE Thistle again defeated the Irex in a
regatta off Scotland.
THE Pope has decided to unite the dio-
ceses Of Wichita and Concordia with that
| of Leavenworth, Kan, and the diocese of
Lincoln and Cheyenne with that of Omaha.
THE new Austro-Hungarian turret ship
| Kron Prinz Rudolph was launched on the
\ 9th at Pola on the Adriatic in the presence
! of the Emperor and the Archduchess Marie
| Theresa. The latter christened the vessel.
AN immense fire ragged in Quebec on the
night of the 9th, breaking out in the bar
racks and threatening the arsenal and cita
del.
A PORTION of the land bordering on the
lake at Zug, the capital of the canton OF
that name in Switzerland, went into the
lake on the 9th with half of the new quays
| Forty houses, a crowded inn and the Hote
Zurich, a flour story structure, full of Wis
! itOrs, vanished entirely. One hundred per
sons perished.
A RECENT dispatch from St. Thomas,
| West indies, says: Peter Barlow, who tool
part n the American revolution, under
General Washington, has died in Demarara
! aged one hundred and thirty years.
ADvICEs from China state that rebellion
took place recently at Chang Chow, neal
| Shanghai, but was suppressed by the au
thOrities and ninety of the conspirators ex
ecuted.
THE imports in Great Britain in june
were e1, $4,000 less in value than in June
1886, while the exports decreased 81, ,220, 90,
for the same time.
! PRINCE FERDINAND, of SaXe-C -COburg
Gotha, has been elected Prince of Bulgaris
by the Sobranje. If the Powers refuse Il
recognize his election the Sobranje intends
to abrogate the article of the Berlin treaty
and proclaim the independence of the coun
try.
A DISPATCH from Madrid says the com
mercial treaty between the United State
and Spain will be prolonged by the Spanisl
Government at the end Of the present year
THE June fire record shows the larges
fire loss of any June on record exceptin!
June 1871 the month of the great fire a
st. Johns, New Brunswick. The total i
SO, ,1S2, 900 against 50, $50, 600 for June, 1886
and larger than the average of June fire
for ten years previous to 1886, by nearly
S4,OOOOOO.
THE Pope has appointed the following
Bishops: Rev. James O'Reiliy, of Wichita
Kan: Rev. Richard Samuel, of COncOrdia
Rev Thomas BOnacum, of Lincoln, an
Rev. Maurice Bourke, of Cheyenne.
BUSINESS failures (Duns report) durin
the seven days ended July numbered 70
the United States 1876, and for Canada Is
total, 154, against 181 for the previous wee
and 179 for the corresponding week of las
year.
ADvICEs from Palermo report furthe
deaths from cholera. All the ports o
Southern Europe have quarantined vessel
arriving from Sicily.
THE Irish Crimes bill passed it's thir
reading in the British House of Common
on the Sth by a vote of $40 to 262.